Gad Saad

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Early life and education

Saad was born in 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon, he is of Lebanese Jewish and Syrian Jewish ancestry.[4] His family fled in October 1975 to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to escape the Lebanese Civil War.[5] His elder brother, David, is a judoka who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[6] His nephew Ariel Helwani is a mixed martial arts (MMA) journalist.[7]

He obtained a B.Sc. degree in Mathematics and Computer Science and an M.B.A. in Marketing from McGill University, and an M.S. in Management and a Ph.D. in Marketing from Cornell University.[8]

Saad is an atheist who describes himself as culturally Jewish.[9]

Career

Saad has been a professor of marketing at Concordia University since 1994. From 2008 until 2018, he held the Concordia University Research Chair in Evolutionary Behavioural Sciences and Darwinian Consumption. He has also held visiting professorships at Cornell University, Dartmouth College, University of California, Irvine and Northwood University (currently). He was an associate editor for the journal Evolutionary Psychology from 2012 to 2015.[10] He is an advisory fellow for the Centre for Inquiry Canada.[11] Saad wrote a blog for Psychology Today titled Homo Consumericus from 2008 until 2020,[12] and contributed to The Wall Street Journal in 2011.[13]

Saad hosts a YouTube show titled The Saad Truth. As of February 2021, his channel has received more than 22 million views.[14]

Research

Saad has researched how hormones affect and are affected by consumer behavior, such as how conspicuous consumption affects testosterone levels,[15][16] how testosterone levels affect risk-taking,[17][18][19] and how hormones in the menstrual cycle affect buying decisions.[20][21] He has also researched how men and women differ in gift giving behaviors.[22][23][24][25]

Coverage and interviews

Saad was profiled in the Toronto Star in 2016. Saad has appeared on Sam Harris's Making Sense podcast (then titled Waking Up).[14]

Bibliography

Books

  • Saad, G. (2007). The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Template:ISBN. Book review[26]
  • Saad, G. (ed.) (2011). Evolutionary Psychology in the Business Sciences. Springer: Heidelberg, Germany. Template:ISBN. Book review[27][28]
  • Saad, G. (2011). The Consuming Instinct: What Juicy Burgers, Ferraris, Pornography, and Gift Giving Reveal About Human Nature. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. Template:ISBN. Book review[29]
  • Saad, G. (2020). The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense. Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing. Template:ISBN.
  • Saad, G. (2023). The Saad Truth About Happiness: 8 Secrets for Leading the Good Life. Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing. Template:ISBN.

References

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